[password] ba1ven1e =20
[position]34 12.564s 174 25.614e
[status] Late checking in today as Gulf Harbour who normally take our morning checkin have finished for the season so Im updating via satphone, Been motoring all night, but seas very flat almost like being at anchor Over a knot of current against us which is a pain The first of our armada have arrived in Opua, we should be in about midnight - wow 68miles to run to Customs Dock in Opua - @ 1250 NZ Time 24Nov =20
[speed] 5 - 6 knots under motor
[heading] 192 T
[weather] Winds have been less than 5 knots since mid afternoon yesterday Starry night with a late sliver of a moon, total cloud cover this morning but now it is a brilliant day, shorts and teeshirts back on, we have brought summer to New Zealand Keeping a keen lookout for any signs of land but not even a long white cloud on the southern horizon! [END]